WORLD’S CONGRESS AUXILIARY 
OF THE 
WORLD’S COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION OF 1803. 
PresipenT, CHARLES C. BONNEY. 
Vice-PresipenT, THOMAS B. BRYAN. Treasurer, LYMAN J. GAGE. 
SecreTarizs, BENJAMIN BUTTERWORTH, CLARENCE E. YOUNG. 
WOMAN’S BRANCH OF THE AUXILIARY. 
President, Mrs. POTTER PALMER. Vice-President, Mrs. CHARLES HENROTIN. 
DIVISION OF ORNITHOLOGY. 
ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE COMMITTEE IN CHARGE OF THE 
CONGRESS ON ORNITHOLOGY. 
Tue undersigned Committee, having been appointed by 
the proper authorities, announce to all interested persons 
that a Congress on Birds will be held in Chicago, during the 
month of October, under the auspices of the World’s Con- 
gress Auxiliary. 
It is the design of the Committee to have the Congress 
treat of birds from the standpoints of the scientist, the econo- 
mist, and the humanitarian. 
The field, from the first.point of view, belongs to the 
technical ornithologist ; and it is the wish of the Committee 
to enlist the co-operation of scientists in the proposed Con- 
gress, in order that the study of birds may become more 
general and be appreciated at its true worth by the people. 
The scientist only can prove the value and interest of 
ornithology, and upon its proper appreciation does the im- 
portance of the two other divisions depend. The audiences 
